Oskar Barnack

Oskar Barnack was a German inventor and photographer who built, in 1913, what would later become the first commercially successful 35mm still-camera, subsequently called Ur-Leica at Ernst Leitz Optische Werke in Wetzlar.

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Who was born first?

• Oskar Barnack and Hovannes Adamian were born the same year
• Oskar Barnack and Vasily Degtyaryov were born the same year
• Oskar Barnack was born 1 year after Franz Reichelt
• Oskar Barnack was born 1 year before Gideon Sundback
• Oskar Barnack was born 1 year after Lillian Moller Gilbreth

Timeline

1. Franz ReicheltOctober 16, 1878 – February 4, 1912
2. Lillian Moller GilbrethMay 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972
3. Hovannes AdamianFebruary 5, 1879 – September 12, 1932
4. Oskar Barnack (this page)November 1, 1879 – January 16, 1936
5. Vasily DegtyaryovDecember 21, 1879 – January 16, 1949
6. Gideon SundbackApril 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954

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